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January 2008

January 29, 2008

North Adams, MA - The United Neighborhood Organization, UNO, is holding their annual Spring Fling, a huge tag, craft and food fair at the Eagle's Hall, at 515 Curran Highway on Saturday, May 24 and tables are available for vendors at $20 each. Call Shirley Davis at 663.5516. Speaking of the Eagles, check out a comedian/hypnotist this Friday night, and the Drury benefit Spaghetti dinner on Saturday night. Call 413.664.9043.

North Adams, MA - St. Johns Episcopal Church's Youth Group will hold its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on February 5 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in St. Johns Parish Hall, 59 Summer Street. Tickets for the supper may be purchased in advance at the church office, Monday through Friday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, or at the door. Call 413.664.9656.

North Adams, MA - New York City-based singer-songwriter Nadine Goellner appears in the MASS MoCA alternative cabaret series on Saturday, February 2 at 8:00 PM in Club B-10. Goellner blends soul and jazz with her signature acoustic scatting.

North Adams, MA - Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China, opens on February 2, at MASS MoCA on 87 Marshall Street; presenting nuanced, individualized perspectives from more than twenty artists and filmmakers who offer up a fresh look at the rapidly changing nation of China. Call 413.662.2111

North Adams, MA - Be the next Grand Master! The <A HREF="http://www.naplibrary.com">North Adams Public Library</a> will be holding a weekly chess club for children ages 7 - 12. The program will start on January 30 in the childrens section of the library from 2:30  4:00 PM. Club meets every Wednesday through March. No registration required, just come to 74 Church Street. Call 413.662.3133.

All those who are inspired to take to the ice after watching the Bay State Skate can enjoy public skating at the North Adams Viet Nam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink, Monday through Friday from 11- 2 PM, Saturday and Sunday from 2  4 PM and Friday nights from 7-9 PM. Skate rentals are available. Call 413.664.8185.

Volunteers are needed for the Bay State Winter Games this weekend, for all events. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Duties include general help and setup, registration, selling merchandise, timekeeping, course support, and information. To find out more, call 781.932.6555.

January 28, 2008

Williamstown, MA - Images Cinema hosts a free film and lecture series Tracing Migration in Film and Art. This series on global migration aims to trace shifting issues of race, gender, identity and invisibility through diverse contexts and between disparate spaces such as Senegal and the United States, Morocco and Spain, Austria and the Ukraine. Films will be introduced by Williams College faculty. This is a rare opportunity to see foreign films that have only been screened in the US on the festival circuit in major cities.

Film preceded with Inaugural talk by scholar Jessie Labov, "How Do We Get There From Here? European Identity and Migration through Cinema"

Olga and Paul. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, life: Olga, who comes from the Eastern part of Europe, where unremitting poverty is the order of the day. Paul, who comes from the Western part, where unemployment means not hunger, but a crisis of meaning and sense of uselessness. Both are struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life. In both the West and East.

Monday, February 11, 7pm: Once You've Been Born You Can No Longer Hide
Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; 1 hour 55 minutes; In Italian with English subtitles; Introduction by Berta Jottar

Williamstown, AM - This March Caretaker Farm is hosting a five session global warming discussion group that will use a curriculum from the Northwest Earth Institute. The dates for this group are the five Mondays in March: 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, & 3/31. The only cost to participate is the price of the course curriculum: $18 plus postage. For more information about this discussion group or to register please contact Bridget either via email: bridget@caretakerfarm.org or by phone: 413-458-9691.